Maya Angelou Passes, but Her Ability to Inspire Lives On
We mourn the loss of legendary author and trailblazer, Maya Angelou, who died this week at age 86. As the owner of a woman-run business -- in a business that trains professionals to reach their dreams -- I hear a lot about the glass ceiling for women, and women’s...
8 Tips for Business E-mails that Bring Results – Part 2 of 2
In my last blog post, I began the conversation about proper e-mail etiquette -- sharing the first four of eight tips to ensure your digital messages get results and not considered as spam. If you missed that first blog post, you might want to read it here and then...
Are You Difficult to Work With? Understand Your Behavior to Change It
Earlier this month, I blogged about dealing with difficult people in the workplace. You know the type -- People who don’t give their all, don’t communicate. People who are argumentative, defensive, perhaps even overly aggressive. If you are reading this and shaking...
Amy Glass: 5 Skills to Build Your Executive Presence At Work
What makes a truly inspiring leader? Is it charisma? Confidence? Integrity? Authenticity? The ability to engage and motivate? BRODY’s Director of Training & Senior Facilitator Amy Glass believes it’s all that and so much more. How you speak to others, how you...
Six Tips for Dealing With Difficult People At Work
Last week, I began talking about people’s different behavior styles. A thorough knowledge of which style you fall into -- as well as which one your manager and any clients or coworkers you have a tough time communicating with fall into -- can be a huge help to you....
How to Deal With Difficult People
Dealing with difficult people is a fact of life. You will run into people on the job who will thwart you, confound you, frustrate you, infuriate you, stymie you, purposely get in your way, and just make you crazy. You will run into people who see things completely...
Celebrate Your Independence to Achieve Career Goals
Happy Cinco de Mayo! This May 5th holiday originated with Mexican-American communities in the American West to commemorate the cause of freedom and democracy during the first years of the Civil War, but has morphed into a celebration of Mexican heritage and pride....
Introducing BRODY’s Learning Burst Series – Training in a Box!
I strongly believe that although no one is perfect and never will be, continued personal and professional growth is a worthwhile and attainable goal. Individuals or teams that continue growing professionally can continue offering greater and greater value to the...
Career Advice for New College Graduates — What Employers Really Want
If it's nearly May, college graduation is right around the corner. Let me be the first to congratulate you, new graduates-to-be! You’ve worked hard, done your best, learned an enormous amount, and are eager to get out there and make it in the business world. We...
Avoid Social Media Blunders – Your Boss (Or Clients!) May Be Watching
Social media gaffes by corporations and public agencies are becoming legend, just another apparently unavoidable part of the digital, live-streaming, insta-everything world we live in. Social media engagement has turned out to be a double-edged sword, with one side of...